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Pérez Zeledón in May

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Pérez Zeledón is warm: highs near 79°F, lows near 63°F. Rain falls on almost every day, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 33 minutes.May in Pérez Zeledón is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 17°C. Rain falls on almost every day, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 33 minutes.

High
79°F26°Caverage
Low
63°F17°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 100% of days
Daylight
12h 33mon average

Is May a good time to visit Pérez Zeledón?

A good month, just outside Pérez Zeledón's best months, which run from September to December.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 79°F in May, against 77°F to 80°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in May, against 25°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

100% of days in May, against 83% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

85% cover in May, against 55% to 86% through the year.

Daylight

12h 33m in May, against 11h 35m to 12h 40m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. April80°27°low 62°low 17°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. May79°26°low 63°low 17°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. June78°26°low 63°low 17°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Pérez Zeledón sits, in May

America/Costa Rica
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:15 AMsets 5:47 PM
Above the sea
1,000 mupland
Latitude
9.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
San José75 km north-west

The land around Pérez Zeledón, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Costa Rica in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Pérez Zeledón

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Pérez Zeledón. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,000 m) against the climate model's (933 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,000 m) against the climate model's (933 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.